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Regular Council Meeting June 24, 2019 Page 3 AND/OR REAFFIRMING A SECTION 3 POLICY; ADOPTING AND/OR REAFFIRMING AN EXCESSIVE FORCE POLICY; ADOPTING AND/OR REAFFIRMING A SECTION 504 POLICY; ADOPTING AND/OR REAFFIRMING A FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITY POLICY; ADOPTING AND/OR AFFIRMING A LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN; ADOPTING AND OR REAFFIRMING A CODE OF CONDUCT POLICY; ALL AS REQUIRED BY TXCDBG REGULATIONS TO OBTAIN FUNDING THROUGH A TXCDBG MAIN STREET PROGRAM FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (TDA); MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Re alar Agenda 14. Conduct a public hearing, discuss and act on an Ordinance considering the petition of Lisa Short for a change in zoning from a Two -Family Dwelling District (2F) to a Neighborhood Service (NS), in the Mayer Addition, Block 4, Lot 23, located at 3206 Bonham Street. Council Member Hughes recused himself from this item at 5:37 p.m. City Manager John Godwin said this lot was currently zoned Two -Family Dwelling District and the proposed zoning was Neighborhood Service for the purpose of continuing to operate a tax service. He also said that the future land use plan called for this lot to be Retail, which included Neighborhood Service and other zoning classes. Mr. Godwin said that Planning and Zoning unanimously recommend approval, and that a petition was received by the neighbors so it would take six council votes to approve it. Mayor Clifford opened the public hearing and asked for those who wished to support or oppose the zoning change, to please come forward. Glenda Garcia, 79 N.W. 32nd, opposed this zoning change, citing she lived next door to Lisa and they were encroaching on her property and the traffic was congested on their street. Sheila Smithey, 3200 Bonham Street, spoke in opposition of this item, because customers were parking in her driveway and the streets, causing a safety issue for children. Sherry Pritchard, 99 N.W. 32nd Street, spoke in favor of this item and said there were no traffic problems because 32nd N.W. was a wide street. Kim McCann, 3220 Bonham Street, spoke in opposition of this zoning change, citing parking issues, that the business had grown, activity level was not conductive to a neighborhood, and that the applicant did not even live at the address, but lived in East Paris. She also said that Dr. O'Bryan had put a sign in his yard warning there were children at play. James O'Bryan, 3150 Bonham Street, said the business had been there a long time and had not caused problems until recently. He said he did put up a sign, for which he obtained a sign permit. He said this was a personal issue between the two neighbors. Richard Thompson, 3206 Bonham, spoke in support of the zoning change and said that Lisa Short had been there for thirty-two years. With no one else speaking, Mayor Clifford closed the public hearing.